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Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Why am I in a Verhoeven movie I just want to watch the White Sox.

Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ahhh it looks gorgeous! I loved rereading your old interview with them for this. Hope you got to discover something new in the liner notes!

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Checking in at Protomartyr's hotel, where the band's softer delivery makes for a far scarier version of post-punk and my favorite album of theirs in years

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Protomartyr: Hotel Usona

Read Nina Corcoran’s review of the album.

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Amazing how every trip I go on now, I return home to chicago and think "oh yeah this is still the greatest city in america"

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Evan Minsker @see-saw.fun · 29/09/2026

we talk about GILLA BAND, GURRIERS, BRAIN TOURNIQUET, CRV, and the very rational fear of exiting a waterslide as a corpse on the latest episode of the PUNK THIS WEEK podcast @ninacorcoran.bsky.social

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punk this week podcast: gilla band + crv

Gurriers, Brain Tourniquet, and the deeply relatable fear of exiting the waterslide as a corpse.

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We love Perennial's new album and you probably will too 🩷

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Justin Anderson-Weber @jlweber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If I see you anytime in the near future, expect to hear from me about this new Perennials album I know about thanks to @see-saw.fun and @ninacorcoran.bsky.social perennialtheband.bandcamp.com/album/modern...

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Modernism, by Perennial

10 track album

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Clearly my first viewing because I was so shocked and delighted by this that my mouth was agape for a solid minute

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Stew Leonard's mentioned on the Sopranos?!?!?

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Evan Minsker @see-saw.fun · 22/09/2026

On this new episode of Punk This Week, @ninacorcoran.bsky.social + I discuss some wildly good new records by Eraser, Perennial, Fugitive Bubble, Name Names, Dabda, and Meadow. We also get Nina's highlights from Riot Fest 2026 + my recap of a night with Uranium Club, Citric Dummies, and Jim E. Brown.

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punk this week podcast: perennial + eraser

On a big week for punk shows and perhaps an even bigger week for new punk records.

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Probably my most conservative belief: smoking in a crowd, indoors or outdoors, is selfish at best and unsafe at worst. Forcing people around you to inhale smoke of any kind is shitty

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Evan Minsker @see-saw.fun · 15/09/2026

episode 101 means we're talking about dogs and I immediately put my foot in my mouth when I'm like "killing dogs for fashion is the worst thing an animated villain has tried to do" and @ninacorcoran.bsky.social replied "what about genocide." anyway: some great new records this week

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punk this week podcast: lack + unity

We celebrate trail mix nut variety, salty crunchies, and the late Domino. It’s episode 101. This one’s for the dogs.

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

THANK YOU! My cracker jacks were rooting for you during the big moment

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

@jtkantor.bsky.social Josh, hi! I didn't know you were on bsky, hope you've been good! I'm back in town for a wedding and sneaking in tonight's Sox game. Any chance of hearing a Krill song ("Infinite Power"? Their theme?) or more timeless "Moving Right Along"?

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Wrote about M(h)aol's new song, inescapable botox & glp-1 ads, and why noise rock mirrors the disgust of self-loathing so well pitchfork.com/reviews/trac...

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M(h)aol: “Scam Manifesto”

Read Nina Corcoran’s review of the track.

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Can't believe we've done 100 episodes, it's been 2 years, and I get to hang with Evan every week to joke around & discover underground music Thank you to everyone who listens to Punk This Week, bands refusing to stop letting their creativity run wild, and Evan for being my coworker-turned-true pal

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Evan Minsker @see-saw.fun · 03/09/2026

the Punk This Week bonus podcast see/saw jukebox returns with Christina from Gouge Away! a great chat about excellent records, taking care of your voice when your job is screaming, being shy in punk world, and the Florida scene. subscribe + listen!! cc: @ninacorcoran.bsky.social

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see/saw jukebox: gouge away’s christina michelle

The Portland-via-Florida screamer on perfect punk records, the self-conscious nature of vocal warm-ups, and her cat Noodle.

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Reviewed Guiding Light's debut album, which opens with a true "where has this been all my life" song that feels like an old classic RIYL: German vocals, jangle pop guitars played loud, post-punk that sounds like it was recorded in a hot dusty garage pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

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Guiding Light: Fear on My Own Time

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Bag check at security but my purse is full of candy bars: a memoir

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Evan Minsker @see-saw.fun · 01/09/2026

new episode of the podcast features the revelation that Tony the Tiger's rendering in Brazil is weirdly menacing and very possibly sleazy. we also talk about sick records from TY SEGALL, TOTALITÄR, NEKRA, KURRALTA PARK, and more. classic ep of Punk This Week.

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punk this week podcast: ty segall + totalitär

We learn that Tony the Tiger is nasty like that outside the U.S.

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Did you know you can buy good manners in Australia

Grocery aisle sign that lists the categories "biscuits savoury, carbonated drinks, cordial"

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"We're so grateful to be in Chicago again. I didn't mean for it to take 23 years, but traffic was really bad." - Karen with possibly the greatest excuse?

Don and Karen Peris of the Innocence Mission playing guitar onstage at Lincoln Hall in Chicago on 8/29/26

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I can't believe I'm seeing the Innocence Mission tonight

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Andrew Evans @fakeandrewevans.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Had never heard of this band until this morning, haven’t turned them off all day. There’s Stop Making Sense energy all over this

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Interesting, I gravitate towards Unrest's slower songs so clearly I'm due for a revisit

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A fan of his music, of course, but I still haven't gotten around to that one. Your description has me bumping it up the list though!

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

That one is triple platinum in my house! Plum are two for two in that regard and I feel lucky we get them in our backyard

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Imagining those two in the same room is making me laugh. Where do you hear Unrest most noticeably?

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

No album this year makes me want to dance in inexplicable, limbs-flailing, deeply awkward and fun ways like this Plum album does RIYL: The B-52's, Talking Heads, Devo, Sweeping Promises, Ava Luna, Elvis Costello, post-punk with new wave style

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Plum: Bodies in Motion

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Biked to the cutest library branch name (Chicago Bee!) for their free learn-to-play chess class and I ended up being the only one there so it became a private tutoring session with the sweet Ms. Morgan. It was so fun! Libraries rule!!! Don't forget to explore other branches and their events!!

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Standing in the sunlight on a 73 degree day sets everything straight

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Like sleeping through a fire alarm

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

One time somebody left a review saying Evan and I have "really pleasant voices" and I've never forgotten it You too can leave kind lies in your review of the podcast and get us to try the weird novelty snacks you enjoy!!!

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thank you, celebrated music journalist Dan Ozzi, for shouting out Punk This Week and @see-saw.fun

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David Anthony @dbanthony.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Back on the beat writing about music and watching your hometown get destroyed via Instagram stories.

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However you figure it

Some thoughts on Northwest Indiana, water, and a bunch of new music.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout

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Tom from Weaklung @perefex.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

There are SO MANY good bands in Chicago right now, it’s so great. Not just post punky stuff; name a genre and this city will serve you bangers.

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Tom from Weaklung @perefex.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Put Cel Ray on a bill with No Men and Stuck, and the world will weep at what Chicago can do.

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

At last, a post-punk album where the frontperson's humor actually makes me laugh: Cel Ray's debut album

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Cel Ray: Cel Rayzer

Read Nina Corcoran’s review of the album.

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David Anthony @dbanthony.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Aside from the knock to the ever-dwindling music journalism ecosystem, I just think about what this all means for smaller and mid-tier bands. If you're not already huge, who is going to cover your album? Who is going to post about your tour? Who is going to…

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Evan Minsker @see-saw.fun · 04/08/2026

see/saw jukebox is a bonus podcast where @ninacorcoran.bsky.social, myself, and punk luminaries talk perfect punk records. we're joined by Sweeping Promises. this episode is free for all listeners! the other 12 episodes of jukebox are behind the paywall. Punk This Week will return next week!

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see/saw jukebox: sweeping promises

Caufield Schnug and Lira Mondal on their new album, their Boston days, and some perfect punk records.

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Is there a Michigan band called the Flaming Yips yet

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Justin Anderson-Weber @jlweber.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Listening to Punk This Week in the way to therapy, as you do, and marveling at the amount of music @ninacorcoran.bsky.social saw last week. 1) Major FOMO. I should’ve gotten out more. Just the one ESS garden show for me. 2) Chicago is just the best. We’re so lucky.

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Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

One thing about me is I love getting to the gig. You should say hi if we're ever at the same one!

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Evan Minsker @see-saw.fun · 28/07/2026

new podcast about new albums we love by MESH and DOG DATE and CEL RAY and CUTICLES and FALCON CRUST and VIDA RUIM. we watch Emeril, talk about the million live shows @ninacorcoran.bsky.social went to this week, and I recount how my son literally collided with a zydeco musician at Eaux Claires 2026.

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punk this week podcast: dog date + mesh

Nina sees one billion shows. Evan’s child slams into a zydeco musician. We lose it for construction workers losing it for Emeril. “Falcon CRUST!”

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